A journalist in the Kyrgyz capital shares her eye-witness account of the protests with Index on Censorship
Mark Stimpson
Meet the 73-year-old great grandmother squaring up to Lukashenko in Belarus
Nina Bahinskaya has been shoved and restrained, arrested and fined half her pension. What drives her to protest?
“Have you ever felt joy from finding out a loved one is in prison?”
Yury Savitsky is one of hundreds who have been detained in Belarus following the disputed elections. His wife Ekaterina tells Index her heart-breaking story
Rowan Atkinson joins Index in call for changes to Scotland’s planned hate crime bill
Comedian is one of 20 individuals who have signed a joint letter, along with Index on Censorship, raising concerns over the wording of a new bill
Interview with Justice for Journalists’ Maria Ordzhonikidze: how Russia is using Covid to clamp down on the media
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In March 2020, Index on Censorship partnered with Justice for Journalists Foundation to keep track of attacks on...
#HoldTheLine Coalition calls on Philippines authorities to drop Maria Ressa charges ahead of 22 July hearing
Rappler founder faces up to a century in jail from the various tax and libel charges ranged against her
Ruth Smeeth: “From Ethiopia to Hong Kong, we will not abandon you”
from Turkey to Poland, Brazil to Kashmir, the most stark has been the appalling attack on human rights in Hong Kong. The Chinese government has...
Free speech is for me
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A gathering storm: The laws being used to silence the media
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Mapping media freedom during Covid
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Governments using virus as cover to restrict newspapers
Several countries have banned publishers from producing and distributing print newspapers and magazines to stop the spread of the Covid virus despite a lack of scientific evidence
Index calls for immediate release of Lina Attalah
Editor of Egyptian online news portal detained after interviewing mother of hunger striker Alaa Abd El Fattah